Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!vd09+ From: vd09+@andrew.cmu.edu (Vincent M. Del Vecchio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: System 7.0 vs. NeXT Step Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 91 23:25:52 GMT References: <16568@venera.isi.edu> , <1991Feb5.013654.4045@NCoast.ORG> Distribution: comp Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 17 In-Reply-To: <1991Feb5.013654.4045@NCoast.ORG> > Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.mac.misc: 5-Feb-91 Re: System 7.0 vs. > NeXT Step Brandon S. A. KB8JRR@NCo (1268) > ...and until NeXT comes up with a machine that doesn't have stuff I don't > need, like Ethernet... I really must disagree with you. People tout the fact that Apple ships machines with built-in networking capability. I agree with them; I think this is a good thing. Not everyone uses it, but when they do, it makes networks a lot easier to set up. Of course, LocalTalk is more plug-and-play than an ethernet, but still, it helps to have it already there when you want it. The same applies to the NeXT. And if it wasn't going to be ethernet, what? LocalTalk is really too slow. Ethernet is a standard, particularly in the Unix world, and the NeXT is, underneath, a Unix box... -Vince